Saturday, March 30, 2013

End of winter? Let's hope!

Boy has it been cold. I don't think Old Man Winter wanted to give up his grip this year. We got a snow storm on March 25! And it's almost April 1 and I haven't even gotten my seeds started yet! This is probably not a bad thing since it's not warm enough to get them outside anytime soon. If it runs a little later in the season it's ok. We stay warm here in Pennsylvania until sometimes late September.

So where are we with the garden? I have my mulch moved to the garden area. See post below to see my huge loads of FREE mulch! I contacted my local appliance store and they saved me some cardboard boxes. Apparently I'm not the only one that has figured this method of ground + cardboard + mulch = an awesome garden bed! At any rate, I'll take what I can get.

I am going to deploy a mix of the Back to Eden method and square foot gardening. Now I know the SFG method is for small spaces, but I need to pack a lot into my space. I am hoping this works out! I'm sure it will be ok and I'm worrying for nothing. But like my dogs, the garden is a part of my family! LOL!

This year I'm going to try and film at least once a week to show you how things are going. Maybe more depending on what is happening. There is going to be a lot of planting and such the first few weeks but then it will die down until we get into harvest. I'm planting a lot of tomatoes this year and hope to make quite a lot of tomato sauce to can. I'll bring you along on this journey too.

Oh and my asparagus isn't up....yet....and the strawberries look like they are starting to come back and I can see some new growth. It won't be long and I'll be up to my ears in both of these!